Geochemistry of limestones deposited in various plate tectonic settings

KJ Zhang, QH Li, LL Yan, L Zeng, L Lu, YX Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Limestone, a major part of the global sedimentary succession, susceptible to post-
depositional diagenesis. Studies of limestone geochemistry are essential in the …

Geochemistry of beach sands along the western Gulf of Mexico, Mexico: implication for provenance

JS Armstrong-Altrin, YI Lee, JJ Kasper-Zubillaga… - Geochemistry, 2012‏ - Elsevier
This paper contributes to understanding the intractable problems in provenance study due to
hydraulic sorting and geochemical heterogeneity in medium, fine, and very fine sands. For …

Petrography and geochemistry of clastic sedimentary rocks as evidences for provenance of the Lower Cambrian Lalun Formation, Posht-e-badam block, Central Iran

NA Etemad-Saeed, MA Hosseini-Barzi… - Journal of African Earth …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Petrography and geochemistry (major, trace and rare earth elements) of clastic rocks from
the Lower Cambrian Lalun Formation, in the Posht-e-badam block, Central Iran, have been …

Geochemistry of neoproterozoic limestones of the Shahabad formation, Bhima basin, Karnataka, southern India

R Nagarajan, J Madhavaraju, JS Armstrong-Altrin… - Geosciences …, 2011‏ - Springer
Major, trace and rare earth element (REE) geochemistry of carbonate rocks of the
Neoproterozoic Shahabad Formation, southern India were studied in order to investigate the …

Compositional evolution of siliciclastic sediments recording the tectonic stability of a pericratonic rift: Mesozoic Kutch Basin, western India

A Chaudhuri, S Banerjee, G Chauhan - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2020‏ - Elsevier
This study presents a combined petrographical and geochemical investigation to track the
compositional changes in the Mesozoic sedimentary record during the evolution of the …

Inferring tectonic provenance of siliciclastic rocks from their chemical compositions: A dissent

A Basu, ME Bickford, R Deasy - Sedimentary Geology, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Chemical compositions of siliciclastic sedimentary rocks are commonly used to infer their
tectonic provenance. We have tested the universal applicability of the underlying principle in …

Earth's early O2 cycle suppressed by primitive continents

MA Smit, K Mezger - Nature Geoscience, 2017‏ - nature.com
Free oxygen began to accumulate in Earth's surface environments between 3.0 and 2.4
billion years ago. Links between oxygenation and changes in the composition of continental …

Geochemistry of sandstones from the Upper Cretaceous Sillakkudi Formation, Cauvery Basin, southern India: implication for provenance

D Bakkiaraj, R Nagendra, R Nagarajan… - Journal of the …, 2010‏ - Springer
Major, trace and rare earth elements (REE) composition of sandstones from the Upper
Cretaceous Sillakkudi Formation, Ariyalur Group, Cauvery Basin were studied to decipher …

Provenance and tectonic settings of sands from Puerto Peñasco, Desemboque and Bahia Kino beaches, gulf of California, Sonora, México

J Madhavaraju, M Tom, YIL Lee, V Balaram… - Journal of South …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Textural, heavy minerals and geochemical (major, trace and rare earth elements) studies
were undertaken on the sands from Puerto Peñasco, Desemboque and Bahia Kino beaches …

Mineralogy and geochemistry of the lower cretaceous siliciclastic rocks of the Morita formation, sierra San José section, Sonora, Mexico

J Madhavaraju, SA Pacheco-Olivas… - Journal of South …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Clay mineralogy and geochemical studies were carried out on sandstone and shale
samples collected from the Sierra San José section of the Morita Formation to infer the …